When parents help their children learn to read, they open the door to a big, exciting world. As a parent, you can begin an endless learning chain like this: You read to your children, they develop a love of stories and poems, they want to read on their own, they practice reading, and finally, they read for their own information or pleasure. When children become readers, their world is forever wider and richer.Here are some things you can do:
1) Read aloud to your child: books, newspapers and magazine articles, the back of the cereal boxes, labels on cans, or directions.
2) Read poems aloud together to learn about rhythm and repeated sounds in language.
3) Point to the words on the page when you read. Move your finger from left to right.
4)Listen to your child read homework or favorite stories to you everyday.
5) Go to the library together and check out books.
6) Have books, magazines, and papers around the house, and let your child see that you like to read, too.
7) Encourage older children to read to younger children.
8) Help experienced readers talk and write about they read